What is Dom Kennedy’s net worth?
Dom Kennedy (birth name – Dominic Ross Hunn) is an American rapper who has a net worth of $2 million. He got his start in the underground hip-hop scenes of Los Angeles, California.
With his first album released in 2008, he has come a long way.
Now, he performs alongside some major players in the game and has an impressive net worth that’s growing daily.
The California native was born on August 22, 1984, and had a relatively normal life.
His parents divorced when he was young, and he and his mom moved to Leimert Park, Los Angeles.
As a kid and teen, Dom mostly played basketball and baseball in his free time.
After high school, Dom continued his education at Santa Monica College. He always knew he’d make something of himself as an entrepreneur, so he studied Business Management.
Dom credits growing up in LA as a key factor in why his rap career has been so successful.
He told No Jumper, “You know, growing up in the city, you meet a lot of people… That’s kind of my story with LA. When I go places, sometimes I know people because I do music, but sometimes I know people because I just know them.”
Rap Career
In 2008, Dom entered the Westside LA rap scene with the release of his first mixtape titled “25th Hour.”
Radio stations around his area started playing the song “Watermelon Sunday,” and Kennedy started gaining confidence as an artist.
In 2009, he released two additional mixtapes titled “Future Street/Drug Sounds” and “Best after Bobby.”
Dom’s new albums had thousands of downloads upon release, spreading his name in the Westside underground hip hop world.
2010 was perhaps the most transformative year in Dom Kennedy’s career. He released his third mixtape titled “From the Westside with Love,” which led to a feature in The Source (an infamous hip hop magazine) as well as his first international show (Djibouti, Africa).
After the release of “From the Westside with Love,” Dom started performing more, even headlining some major venues (The Key Club, House of Blues, and more).
In 2011, Dom released another independent album titled ‘The Original Dom Kennedy.” He also recorded and released another studio album, “From the Westside with Love, II.”
In 2012, Kennedy released two more independent albums titled “Yellow Album” and “Young Nation.” He also toured from London back to LA, making appearances and performing in dozens of cities across Europe and the U.S. on his Yellow Album World Tour.
2013 brought Dom a signing offer from Interscope Records – Kennedy chose to decline the offer and remain unsigned. He released his second studio album, “Get Home Safely,” with features from some big-name rappers and sold over 10,000 copies in the first seven days.
In 2015, the studio album “By Dom Kennedy” earned a spot on the Billboard 200. He also released another independent album titled “Best After Bobby 2.”
In 2016, he released “Los Angeles is Not For Sale, Vol. 1” – this was his fourth studio-recorded album.
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Half-a-Mil
Dom and fellow hip-hop artist Hit-Boy partnered up to form a rap group, Half-a-Mil.
Three independent EP’s came from the group between 2016 and 2017. In late 2017, the album “Courtesy of Half-A-Mil” was released.
In 2018, Kennedy released another studio album titled “Volume Two.”
In 2020, Kennedy and Hit-Boy teamed up to release the independent album “Also Know As (with Hit-Boy). Dom also released a studio album titled “Rap N Roll.”
Currently, Kennedy has confirmed plans for the release of “From the Westside With Love, III” sometime in the future.
In an interview with Power 105.1, he said he’ll definitely be teaming up with Hit-Boy again and may even be working with Megan Thee Stallion. He even dropped a single in April of 2021 called “Take My Time.”
Dom also told Power 105.1 that his top 3 favorite projects to work on were, “Obviously, Get Home Safely… The Yellow Album was almost perfect, even though that was for free… The third one would probably be [West Side With Love], yeah. That was the first OPM release. I put a lot into all of those.”
Over the years, Dom Kennedy has been featured on singles with some big rap names:
- Casey Veggies
- Big Sean
- Skeme
- Kendrick Lamar
- Nipsey Hussle
- Schoolboy Q
- Ty Dolla $ign
- YG
- Rick Ross
- Kehlani
On October 15, 2021, Dom released an album titled – “From the Westside with Love Three.”
Wife/Girlfriend
Rapper Dom Kennedy is pretty private with the details of his personal life, including his romantic relationships. At the time of writing, Dom does not seem to be dating anyone and is not married.
Children
Dom does have a son with a previous girlfriend. His son’s name is Chip Hunn.
Height
Dom Kennedy is about 1.8 m tall.
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Net Worth 2024
So, how much is Dom Kennedy worth? Dominic earned most of his wealth through selling copies of albums and mixtapes as well as touring the country. As far as assets, Kennedy has a collection of old-school cars (including two Chevy Impalas valued at $50,000 each). Therefore, American rapper Dom Kennedy has an estimated net worth of $2 million.
According to Twitter and other media sources, Dom may have previously owned a Porsche, a BMW, a Mercedes, and other high-end sports cars.
Dom also owns a record label – OPM: The Other People’s Money Company. Currently, the label consists of the following artists:
- Dom Kennedy
- Niko G4
- Jay 305
- Aysha Monet
- D Blake
On YouTube, Dominic has over 66 million views–about $180K in revenue.
We can surely expect Dom’s net worth to continue to rise. He told the letter U, “My whole goal is to be effective in the mainstream but still always, you know, be fly as a newcomer. Any underground sound, we gotta be on top of it.”
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